Specks
by Rob Shimko

In a diner on New Year's Eve a waitress named Molly, her mother and an obsessive compulsive regular who makes intricate sculptures from his dishes are trying in vain to have a party.

The entrance of a stranger from a real party across the street triggers catastrophic changes for all three when he begins to seduce Molly and antagonize the others.

Molly chooses between her old life and a new one with the stranger in a fiery climax.